PUBLIC OFFICE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A position concerning the people as a whole

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("public office" is a kind of...):

berth; billet; office; place; position; post; situation; spot (a job in an organization)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "public office"):

bully pulpit (a public office of sufficiently high rank that it provides the holder with an opportunity to speak out and be listened to on any matter)

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